answer forsomething
phrasal verbwithanswerverbuk/ˈɑːn.sər/us/ˈæn.sɚ/
to beresponsiblefor somethingbad, or to bepunishedfor something:
Iexpectparentstoanswerfortheirchildren'sbehaviour.
"Why do youthinkthere's so muchviolencenowadays?" "Well,violenceontelevisionhasa lot toanswerfor(= is thecauseof much of it)."
Duty, obligation and responsibility
- accountable
- answerable
- baby
- brother
- domain
- fail
- gotta
- had better/best dosomethingidiom
- hat
- havesomethingonyourhandsidiom
- hold sb to accountidiom
- payyourduesidiom
- pigeon
- portfolio
- purview
- remit
- responsibility
- someone'sanswer tosomeone/somethingidiom
- stick
- the ball is insomeone'scourtidiom